State fair baby beef auction shrinkage policy abolished
The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation and fair managers announced elimination of the 3 percent shrink deduction on baby beeves at the Iowa State Fair and Clay County Fair auctions. The move follows a Cedar Rapids area shift where the practice began and gained support among cattlemen and 4 H leaders, with Omaha and Sioux City shows also considering abolishing shrinkage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Bureau
Farmer
Farm Bureau Federation
Clay County Fair
Bureau Farmer
Omaha
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Wilson and Company
Farmer Turnis sells sows and hogs near Delaware
Fred Turnis, a Delaware area farmer, sold 25 sows averaging 357 pounds at Chicago on Tuesday for 10.05 per hundredweight. Several sows topped 500 pounds. He also moved a few 310-pound butcher hogs at 10.75 per cwt and a 560-pound stag at 9 per cwt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
Fred Turnis
Chicago
Turnis
Nebraska stockmen borrow record GCAC loans in Jan July period
Production Credit Association figures show Nebraska farmers borrowing more than 3.47 million dollars from Jan 1 to July 1, up from 2.67 million the prior year. Walter Anderson of the Omaha PCC disclosed the rise and noted gluten feed corn oil oil cake and oil meal are produced jointly with cornstarch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
INL
Nebraska
Walter Anderson
Production Credit Corporation of Omaha
After Hours Blacksmith Charges Five Dollars and a Quarter
A village blacksmith, busy at his forge, helps a transient railroad worker by welding a broken trailer hitch after hours. The worker asks for a fair price, and the blacksmith, in a playful role reversal, quotes a total of a dollar and a quarter, noting overtime. The tale ends with the narrator’s punchline about time and a half.
Fayette Gardeners To Hear Grove On July 16
Dr. L C Grove horticulturist at Iowa State College will speak at the U S A chapel in Fayette at 2 p m on July 16. The lecture covers varieties and culture of lilies production of new flowers and the cultivation of fruits and vegetables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette
Letts-Cashman hogs bring top price in Chicago market
Farmers near Letts in Louisa county received 11 dollars per hundredweight for 51 prime butcher hogs at Chicago Monday. The hogs averaged 272 pounds. The price was the highest for that weight since the fall of 1937.
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Letts
Cashman_ Brothers
Louisa County
Chicago
Keota and Wellman Mayors Duel In Milking Contest
Keota mayor John Powell and Wellman mayor E C Jones competed in a Fourth of July milking contest. Jones won the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Keota
John Powell
E. C. Jones
Jones
Bertram School Budget Hearing Set for July 21 1941
Bertram Independent School District will meet at Township Hall on July 21 at 7 p.m. to hear taxpayers on the budget estimate for 1942 43. A detailed statement of past and anticipated receipts and disbursements will be available at the hearing. Katie Black district secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertram Independent School District
Bertram Township
Linn County
Iowa
Township Hall
Katie Black
Dairy Judges Are Named for All Iowa Show at Hawkeye Downs
Fair Manager C. D. Moore announced the All Iowa dairy and 4-H show judges for August at Hawkeye Downs. Floyd Johnston of Ames named general superintendent. E M Wright of Waterloo named assistant secretary. judges include Elmer Hansen, Dean F W Atkenson, Jens Bollerup, John P Gage, Carl Smith, Rex Conn, with H H Kildee and D H Zentmire as junior judging superintendents. The article also notes farm horse trends and defense implications of horse supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkeye Downs
C. D. Moore
Floyd Johnston
Ames Extension Dairyman
E. M. Wright
Waterloo
Iowa Dairy Association
Ayrshire and
Brown Swiss
Elmer Hansen
Iowa State College
Guernsey
Jersey
F. W. Atkenson
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Jens Bollerup
John P. Gage
Kansas City
National
Queen Of The Pie Tin To Be Chosen In Jones Fair
Jones county women from rural and urban areas will compete in a county pie baking contest at the Jones county fair in August to name Jones county Queen of the Pie Tin. Entries must use lard. The winner advances to district and state contests for Iowa’s best pie baker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Jones County
Harry Rodman
Iowa
Steers Bring 10.50 at Chicago Sale
West Liberty F W Hink house Cedar county sold a load of 1,465 pound steers at Chicago Monday for 10.50 dollars per hundredweight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
F. W. Hinkhouse
Cedar County
Chicago
Value Of Four Grain Crops Highest Since 1929
Chicago AP reports farmers expect record value from four major grains this summer. Estimated domestic yield of wheat corn oats and rye could be worth about 3.3 billion dollars at market, 700 million more than last year, with government loans likely inflating value further.
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Chicago
Defense Drive Launched by Ames Extension Officials
Representatives from the agricultural extension service met with Farm Bureau officers in Cedar Rapids to inaugurate a national defense campaign. Dairy poultry pork vegetables and nutrition were at the focus along with planning Farm Bureau activities for the coming year. Attending were county agents 4-H leaders home demonstration staff and extension directors from Linn Benton Tama Poweshiek Iowa Johnson Cedar Jones Jackson Clinton and Scott counties. From Ames were R. K. Bliss Sarah Porter Ellis Carl Malone Henry Eichling Paul Taff and others.
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Agricultural Extension Service
Ames
R. K. Bliss
Cedar Rapids
Farm Bureau
Iowa
Extension Service
National Defense
Linn
Benton
Tama
Poweshick
Johnson
Cedar
Jones
Jackson
Clinton
Scott Counties
Mr. Bliss
Sarah Porter Ellis
Carl Malone
Henry Eichling
Paul Taff
Extension Service Overlooked in Defense Unit Announcement
In Washington Monday, news services failed to note that extension service involvement was specified by Claude Wickard. His release says each state defense board includes the state director of extension among designated agency chiefs and that extension work remains education and land-use planning, while agencies add emergency defense duties.
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Washington
Claude Wickard
Wickard
United States Department of Agriculture State Defense Board
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Farm Security Administration
Soil Conservation Service
Farm Credit Administration
Surplus Marketing Administration
Agricultural Marketing Service
The
Forest Service
Rural Electrification Administration
State Director of
Department of Agriculture
Defense
Oats in Shock and Bumper Grain Prospects Across Regions
In Des Moines federal meteorologist Charles D. Reed notes more than half Iowa oats in shock and corn nearly finished for season. He cites cool dry weather aiding ripening and warns of rust and cinch bug in oats and barley. Cargill Grain reports a near bumper northwest spring wheat crop aided by ideal weather. flax and rye show strong yields. grasshopper issues but diminishing. Harvesting accelerates in several states with oats, barley, and winter wheat production improving.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Minneapolis
Cargill Grain Company
Montana
South Dakota
Red River
Northwest
Local Farmers Complete Haying Early in Season
Vining reports most farmers in the area finished haying and moved to small grain harvest. The hay crop is described as light while corn is in excellent condition. Jack pine is noted as a soft wood tree in local classifications.
Windstorm destroys shed on Conn farm near Marengo
A new machine shed on Russell Conn’s farm south of Marengo was completely demolished by last week’s windstorm. Conn runs Holsteins and a Percheron stallion as part of his operation. A separate note highlights a July 1 Iowa seed law change targeting weed seeds and seed sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Conn
Marengo
North Jones DHIA Averages 33.7 Lbs Butterfat In June
North Jones DHIA reports average June figures for 386 cows on test: 889 pounds milk and 33.7 pounds butterfat. J E Ahlrichs 14 grade Jerseys lead with 717 pounds milk and 46.3 butterfat. High cow owned by Edwin Wilcox and Son produced 1,851 pounds milk and 72.2 butterfat.
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Monticello
J. E. Ahlrich
Edwin Wilcox and Son
Anamosa
Jones Dhia
W. H. Finn and Son
Prentice and Streeter
Waukon
Allamakee County
Dhia
K. B. Simmons
Jersey
Neverman and Killen
Swisher Trust and Savings Bank Financial Statement 1941
Swisher Trust and Savings Bank of Johnson County Iowa files a June 30 1941 statement of condition with resources totaling 555876.41 and liabilities 555876.41. Key figures include loans and discounts 253886.04 United States bonds and securities 55300.00, banking house 1500.00, cash items 155320.93, deposits 498179.10 and trust funds 3627.66. Officers W J Netolicky M D president Joseph C Coufal vice president Chas J Ross cashier Elmer J Ulch assistant cashier sworn notarized July 7 1941 with directors listed.
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Swisher
Johnson
United States
State of Iowa
Johnson County
W. J. Netolicky
M. D
Joseph C. Coufal
Chas, J. Ross
Elmer J Uleh
W. J. Netglicky
Chas. J. Koss
Elmer J Ulch
Asst
G. C. Chadima
Chas
A. Cuhel
Indiana farmers protest wheat quota rules organized
Indiana farm representatives organized to oppose federal wheat marketing quotas. Delegates from 17 counties formed the Indiana marketing quota protest association and planned a national group and state convention. Lamont Oharra, elected president, said farmers seek no penalties for excess production fed to livestock and oppose increases in overproduction penalties from 15 to 49 cents. An Enid Oklahoma group formed similarly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
Lamont O'Harra
Boone Oats Resist Rust In Fayette County Test
Boone oats, rust resistant and released at Ames in 1939, topped ten oat varieties on the Fayette county farm with no rust and good stand. Marion showed rust, Hancock strong stalks but not rust resistant, Columbia tended rusty and late, Vanguard short and rusty, Iowa 103 and 105 nearly ripe but rusty, C I 3350 later and rust free. County Agent Paul E. McElroy reports the test results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette
Ames
Iowa
Fayette County
Paul E. McElroy
McElroy
Hancock
Columbia
Vanguard
Boone
Marion
C.I
Apples Oranges And Peaches Lead Farm Value Over Rapes
The report notes fruit crops exceeding rapes in farm value with apples and oranges and peaches ranking just above rape production in overall worth for the season.
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Nebraska Pca
Soul Conservation
Iowa Livestock Exchange
O. B. Clements
A. F
Tony) Schmitz
George B. Easker
Sam Meyers
Shellsburg
Mr. Meyers
Ieft
Meyers
Corn
Gazette
Goodyear
Gandy
Resher
F. Cohn & Soks
Ixs
St. Ave
3Rd St. SW
Williams
Iowa Extension Service
C.R
Mr. Wickard
O. K
Reed
Bumper
Barnyard
Lester Dennie
Winthrop
Dennis
Peoples Savings Bank
Elvin Mumm
Vincent Donahoe
Pature
Williamsburg
Mr. Mumm
Candy Stripes
Sailor Boys
Ant
North Jones Dhia
Allmakee Dijia
Swisher Trust and Savings Bank
Enid
Okla
Riverside Feed Mill
14Th Ave
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